Two NYC teens dead in Brooklyn subway surfing incident, police said
Police said two teens died early Saturday morning in a subway surfing incident on the J train in Williamsburg.
NYPD officials said officers responded to a call near the Marcy Avenue subway station just after 3:00 a.m. When they arrived, the two 13-year-old girls were unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency medical personnel pronounced them both dead at the scene, police said.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing and the identities of the girls have not yet been revealed until their families are notified.
The NYPD
In the past three years, the NYPD says there have been at least 16 deaths due to subway surfing, not counting Saturday's deaths.
Last year, Norma Nazario, a Manhattan mom,
She said she believes social media companies play a key role in spreading and boosting content that encourages teens to risk their lives subway surfing.
